--- description: Sarah Silverman is a comedian, actress and star of Comedy Central's sitcom The Sarah Silverman Program title: Sarah Silverman- 10 Questions image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) # Sarah Silverman- 10 Questions by [TIME](/author/time/) Oct 1, 2007 4:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Oct 1, 2007 4:00 AM CUT ### Jewish-American Princess  Sarah Silverman is a comedian, actress and star of Comedy Central's sitcom The Sarah Silverman Program. Her first big break came in 1993 when she was hired as a writer and featured player on Saturday Night Live. Robyn Von Swank / Comedy Central ### Who’s the Caboose?  In 1999, Silverman made her feature debut in the mockumentary playing Susan Underman, a stand-up comic and aspiring actress, who moves from New York to Los Angeles in hopes of making it onto television. Everett ### School of Rock  During her early career, Silverman played a number of small roles on both television and on the big screen. In this 2003 Jack Black comedy, Silverman played Patty Di Marco, far right, the primary antagonist of the film. Everett ### Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic  Silverman's style of satirical comedy is charged and without reservation. She addresses controversial and polarizing subjects such as religion or racism with casual ease. Her concert film, , is a compilation of clips from her stand-up show mixed with new comedic sketches. Kevin Winter / Getty Images ### The Sarah Silverman Program  In 2007, Silverman's eponymous sitcom debuted on Comedy Central with approximately 1.8 million viewers, the network's most successful premiere in three years. The sitcom portrays a fictionalized caricature of Silverman's interactions with her family and friends. Steve Agee / Comedy Central ### The Fat Man in the Room  As the host of the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, Silverman joked about Paris Hilton's impending jail sentence and had a "Fat Man" on stage to deal with award winners who gave verbose acceptance speeches. Fred Prouser / Reuters / Corbis ### Comic Couple  In 2008, Silverman presented her then boyfriend of five years, Jimmy Kimmel, host of ABC's late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, with an unlikely gift for his show's fifth anniversary. Matt Damon, the subject of an ongoing gag on Kimmel's show, teamed up with Silverman to make a video titled "I'm F\_\_\_\_\_\_ Matt Damon". Silverman became an instant internet sensation, while Kimmel would retaliate a month later with his own star-studded video called "I'm F\_\_\_\_\_\_ Ben Affleck". Katy Winn / Corbis ### Bringing Home the Gold  Kimmel may have bedded Affleck, but Silverman brought home the Emmy. She would win a Creative Arts Emmy for writing the song "I'm F\_\_\_\_\_\_ Matt Damon". Which of the two accomplishments is greater still remains subject for debate. Mathew Imaging / WireImage / Getty Images ### Saint John of Las Vegas  A regular at playing girlfriend roles on screen, Silverman portrays Jill, the love interest and co-worker of John (Steve Buscemi), a recovering gambler, in this 2009 feature (loosely) based on Dante's Inferno. Everett ### The Wetter of Beds  The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee is Silverman's first book, a personal and, of course, funny account of her life, giving readers a glimpse of the bedwetter behind the comic. Robyn Von Swank for TIME ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7028442/sarah-silverman-10-questions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7028442/sarah-silverman-10-questions/"},"headline":"Sarah Silverman- 10 Questions","datePublished":"2007-10-01T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T10:44:31.567Z","description":"Sarah Silverman is a comedian, actress and star of Comedy Central's sitcom The Sarah Silverman Program","url":"https://time.com/archive/7028442/sarah-silverman-10-questions/","keywords":["LightBox"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7028442/sarah-silverman-10-questions/","name":"Sarah Silverman- 10 Questions"}}]}] ```